Lots of Responsibility - Associate Technical Professional - Frac/Acid Halliburton Employee Review

2.0
Jan 25, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Learn quickly, only engineer on location within 6 months, best oilfield training, 10 weeks of official classroom training during first year, little to no supervision from boss, you will learn to be self sufficient quickly which is great for personal development. 60k starting off, 25$/day per diem, 1k relocation bonus, 2k bonus at 4 months (equipment), 3k bonus at 8 months (fluids), at 1 year, up to 10% raise and daily bonus for everyday your in the field pumping a job (100$/day)... So at one year you'll be making 63k plus 100$/day bonus. Schedule is 10 on, 4 off. 3 of your days on will be in the office, 7 in the field. 11-3 for ATP's.

Cons

300+ hours a month, lots of driving, no work life balance, always thinking about work, low pay for hours worked, must stay for at least 2 years or you will have to pay back training bonus.

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